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New Year’s Greetings 2016 Ceremony
On January 12, 2016, at the headquarters of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Foundation for Peace Research in Yamoussoukro, the ceremony for the presentation of new year's greetings to the Secretary General. All the officers, headed by Mariam Koulibaly and Doctor Diénéba Doumbia, wished a warm and happy 2016 to Professor Jean-Noël Loucou. This event was mainly marked...Continue reading→
Technical meeting on the project to establish a Panafrican Peace School
Following the decision of the African Union No. Assembly / dec.558 (XXIV) item G: 22 (II) requesting the African Union Commission to study with UNESCO and the Government of Côte d'Ivoire The possibility of establishing a school for peace, the representatives of the above-mentioned institutions and the FHB Foundation held a technical meeting on this...Continue reading→
Training Seminar on “Integrating Education for the Culture of Peace into School Curricula” and the official opening of the CRECP
Training Seminar on "Integrating Education for the Culture of Peace into School Curricula" and the official opening of the CRECP Seminar for the training of trainers on: "Integrating Education for Culture of Peace into scholarly programs" and the official opening of the ISESCO Regional Center for Culture Culture Education (CRECP) April 13-16, 2015 at the...Continue reading→
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the culture of peace and launching the activities of the Network of Foundations and Institutions for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace in Africa
"Peace in the minds of men and women" Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the birth of the Culture of Peace Concept Launch of activities of the Network of Foundations and Research Institutions for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace in Africa Yamoussoukro, September 21-24, 2014 Photos
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
The founder of modern Côte d'Ivoire
"Peace is not a word, it is behavior."
"Peace, which constantly needs exhortations, is a continuous acquisition, usually silent."
"The hungry man is not a free man."
"The sanctity of work also ennobles the one who carries the burdens or drives heavy machines, like the one who, in the silence of laboratories or offices, gives his task the best of his thought and care."
"It is easier to make war than to make peace."

Downloadable Texts
- Félix Houphouët-Boigny and Peace (in french)
- 2022 Activities Report of FHB Foundation (in french)
- 2021 Activities Report of FHB Foundation (in french)
- 2020 Activities Report of FHB Foundation (in french)
- Youth Declaration on the Culture of Peace UNESCO (in french)
- 2019 Activities Report of FHB Foundation (in french)
- Report of the Training Workshop of the Networks of Women's Associations of the Yamoussoukro District on the Culture of Peace and Social Cohesion of August 15, 2019 (in french)
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"Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be raised."
Constitution of UNESCO